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| Program Description |
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| Program of Study |
Doctor of Philosophy
The Department of Psychology offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology. The IO Psychology track focuses on issues such as the psychology of Human Resource Management, Team Effectiveness, Personnel Selection, Leadership, Organizational Stress, and Training and Development. The program emphasizes a commitment both to research and application as a part of individual specialty area development. Students are expected to maintain full-time status in the program. Full-time status is defined, minimally, as 9 credits during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Students on assistantships should enroll in 10 credit hours per semester prior to passing the comprehensive exams and 12 hours thereafter and in 3 credits for all summers.
The program’s primary emphasis is research. Students engage in research, under the supervision of one or more faculty members, throughout their tenure in the program. Students participate in all phases of the research project, ranging from literature searches, preparing research materials, collecting data, analyzing data, interpreting the results, presenting the research at professional conferences and preparing research manuscripts for publication. Students should strive to be colleagues of the faculty with whom they are working. That means that students should participate in the give and take of ideas, exchanging their ideas with their supervisors, and constructively criticizing their supervisors’ ideas to sharpen them. Full-time commitment to the program includes a strong emphasis on research during all academic semesters, including summer. In addition to engaging in research, students regularly attend program and departmental colloquia and professional conferences to learn of other’s research.
Students master a series of core courses designed to provide a thorough grounding in theory, methodology, and content in applied and basic research in psychology. These courses are taught by faculty who are involved in research and practice in the relevant areas. In addition, seminars reflecting the specialized foci of our program and faculty are offered. There are opportunities for practice and occasional internships with businesses for students to gain firsthand experience in the application of psychological knowledge to real challenges of organizations.
Note to prospective applicants:
Although a majority of our graduates are employed
in local businesses, unfortunately, there are no guarantees that our graduates will be able to find local employment, so
we encourage place-bound individuals to consider these factors before they submit their application. This program
requires a minimum of 90 credit hours for graduation that include core courses, thesis and dissertation credits.
Program Requirements
| Characteristic | Ph.D. |
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Typical time to completion (years) |
4-6
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Number of course credits
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60 |
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Number of Thesis credits |
6 |
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Internship |
Recommended but not required |
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Number of Dissertation credits |
24 |
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Total credits required for
degree |
90 |
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Minimum TOEFL |
580 |
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Minimum GRE-Verbal |
500 |
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Minimum GRE-Quantitative |
500 |
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Minimum Total GRE Score |
1100 |
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Average Total GRE Score
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1250 |
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Minimum undergraduate GPA |
3.0 |
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Letters of Recommendation
required |
3 |
Admission Procedures
In addition to completing the graduate admissions forms, please forward the following items to the Psychology Department c/o the Graduate Secretary:
1. Curriculum vitae or resume: pertinent information on previous experience, education, honors, awards, interests, community service, and achievements.
2. A statement of intent, including a discussion of educational and career objects and the relationship of the Ph.D. degree to the achievement of those objectives: Statements should not exceed three typewritten double-spaced pages.
3. Letters of Recommendation: Three letters of recommendation from
persons who are in a position to evaluate the applicant's previous professional, academic and personal performance, and his or her potential
for success in a graduate program. Forms are not available from the Department. Letters should be written on letterhead stationery.
4. Two different writing samples - academic/work related.
Processed application with supporting documentation must be received
in the Department of Psychology by December 15th for admission to the Graduate program in the following Fall semester. Your file will
not be reviewed until all materials are in. Applications completed after that date will be held over for the following year.